Unclassified road crash in Birmingham B74 on 15 April 2016 at 22:00 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Nissan Micra were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham at 22:00 on Friday 15 April 2016. The 46-year-old female driver of the Nissan Micra was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Apr 2016
- Friday, 22:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Nissan Micra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.57096, longitude -1.82318, in the B74 postcode district and within the built-up area of Royal Sutton Coldfield. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sutton Trinity, Birmingham, B74 2LZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016200062068
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 July 2024.
Slight
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Serious
Porsche Cayenne crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 9 December 2025
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Serious
Citroen Xantia crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 3 January 1998
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Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on the A5127 in Birmingham, 10 January 2025
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,364 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,240 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Micra)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Data source
This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 2016200062068 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Birmingham road accident statistics for 2016.